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Mexican avocados shipped for Super Bowl named in complaint

Mexican avocados shipped for Super Bowl named in complaint

MEXICO CITY (AP) — One year after the Super Bowl season was marred by a ban on Mexican avocado shipments , another threat has emerged: An environmental complaint that avocado growers are destroying forests that provide critical habitat for monarch bu
Oil major TotalEnergies doubles annual profit to $36 billion

Oil major TotalEnergies doubles annual profit to $36 billion

PARIS (AP) — France's TotalEnergies SE doubled its profits in 2022, joining other international oil and gas companies in fattening their bottom lines as high energy prices surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . Adjusted net income rose to $36.
Defence, innovation ministers team up to sell D.C. on merits of working with Canada

Defence, innovation ministers team up to sell D.C. on merits of working with Canada

WASHINGTON — Canada is fortifying a long-standing front in its ongoing battle with protectionist impulses in the United States: resurrecting the Second World War-era notion of the two continental allies working together to stockpile the arsenal of de
Toxic gases connected to Ohio train derailment cause concern

Toxic gases connected to Ohio train derailment cause concern

Days after crews released and burned toxic chemicals transported by a wrecked train in Ohio, residents remain concerned about the toxic substances that could be lingering in their evacuated neighborhoods.
Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanup

Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanup

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is moving ahead with a plan that would give oil and gas companies a tax break for meeting their legal obligations to clean up old well sites, inviting a select group of landowner organizations to a meeting to discuss
Landowner help sought to protect endangered animals, plants

Landowner help sought to protect endangered animals, plants

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.
Farmers drive tractors to Paris to protest pesticide ban

Farmers drive tractors to Paris to protest pesticide ban

PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors through Paris on Wednesday to amplify their demand to be allowed to use banned pesticides on sugar beets and other crops to ensure “food sovereignty” for France.
Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest

Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest

MONTREAL — About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province.
IEA: Asia set to use half of world's electricity by 2025

IEA: Asia set to use half of world's electricity by 2025

BERLIN (AP) — Asia will for the first time use half of the world’s electricity by 2025, even as Africa continues to consume far less than its share of the global population, according to a new forecast released Wednesday by the International Energy A
Nevada lithium mine wins ruling; green energy fights rage on

Nevada lithium mine wins ruling; green energy fights rage on

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S.
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